and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being about tur
Going to come down. To kristen, thank you very much. With your reporting. And i want to go now straight to John King at the magic wall. So john, finally, tomorrow it begins. Iowa. So what are you watching for . Well, finally, erin, 24 hours from now, well be counting votes. Well be watching the wall fill. In 9 nine counties in iowa, many of them rural. Thats key to Donald Trump. Lets go back to what youve been discussing with your panel, kristen there for a sext second and show the poll. Excuse me for turning my back. I want to stretch this out. Ted cruz came back, he was behind and he one against Donald Trump. Rick santorum won in 2012, surpassing mitt romney. But the lead was nothing like that. Donald trump at 48 , Nikki Haley at 20, santorum at 16. So this would be an earthshattering what if someone beat Donald Trump in iowa. So largely, it seems to be a fight for second place. But can trump stay under there . So what do you look for . One of the key things, erin, we talked about th
Im talking to several of his senior advisers who say, yes, he is worried about the weather. Yes, he is worried that it could impact turnout. A big part of their Ground Game that they organized was getting out firsttime caucusgoers. In order to do that, they had to use data, seek out people who had supported donald trump, but never really shown up at a caucus. Are they going to show up this time . Thats a big question. They believe they will. But he is pushing and pushing to get them there on monday. All right. Thats really what its all going to come down. To kristen, thank you very much. And i want to go now straight to John King at the magic wall. So john, finally, tomorrow it begins. Iowa. So what are you watching for . Well, finally, erin, 24 hours from now, well be counting votes. Well be watching the wall fill